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" The greatest blunders of World War II : "
Horace Edward Henderson.
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BL
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1019102
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b773472
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| Main Entry
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Henderson, Horace Edward
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| Title & Author
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The greatest blunders of World War II : : how errors, mistakes and blunders determined victory or defeat /\ Horace Edward Henderson.
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San Jose :: Writer's Showcase,, ©2001.
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xv, 719 pages ;; 23 cm
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0595162673
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: 9780595162673
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 701-717).
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| Contents
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The Versailles Peace Treaty -- The appeasement of Germany -- The Allied defeat in the West -- The Battle of Britain -- The German attack on Russia -- The strategic bombing offensive -- Unconditional surrender -- The Tehran Conference -- The Mediterranean campaigns -- The Invasion of Normandy -- The German opposition to Hitler -- The Allied assault on Germany -- The Yalta Conference -- The Battle of the Atlantic -- Secret weapons -- The sacrifice of the forsaken -- The war with Japan.
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| Abstract
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Adolph Hitler lost WWII because of his blunders and the U.S. and its allies won WWII in spite of their blunders. Nearly a lifetime of research and study by a veteran of World War II reveals the major political and military errors and mistakes which caused the greatest catastrophe in world history, almost lost the struggle with the greatest evil the world has ever known, failed to end the conflict in a decisive victory for the survival of freedom and democracy, subjected the world to almost half a century of fear and turmoil in the Cold War, and wasted vast world resources on armaments while hundreds of millions of people suffered from hunger, illness and death. This analysis of the major issues and campaigns of World War II concentrates on what went wrong with the conduct of the war which needlessly prolonged its brutal end and reveals how narrow was the margin between victory and defeat.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.53
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D743.H46 2001
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